Open AccessWaiting time of inpatients before elective surgical procedures at a State Government Teaching Hospital in India
Author(s) -
Shreyasi Ray,
Jyotirmay Kirtania
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_210_16
Subject(s) - medicine , elective surgery , interquartile range , specialty , observational study , emergency medicine , family medicine , surgery , pathology
Abundant published literature exists addressing the issues of outpatient waiting lists before surgery. However, there is no published literature on inpatient waiting time before elective surgical procedures.